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Ostrea angelica Rochebrune, 1895

  • Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 82
  • Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 246
  • Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 190

Statistics

Frequencycommon - 47 localities (22.34 %)
Sediment11 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment)

Size and comments

The species reaches a maximum dimension (height) of 100mm; beach finds remain below 70mm.

Images

Maximum dimension 48.3mm.

Maximum dimension 48.3mm.

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